Combination-tool.



PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903..

J. KOEGEL.

COMBINATION TOOL. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1902.

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No. 731,916. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

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GUMBINATION TOOL.

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".COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION fbrfniiig mm of Letters PatentNo.

731,916, dated June 23, 1903.

Applicatioii filed February 26, 1902. Serial No. 95,676. (No model.)

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that LJULIUS Konenna citizen f the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Combination-Tools; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention; such as will enable others skilled in the art to reference which it appertains to make and use the same, being had to the accompanying it drawings, and to letters of reference marked part of this specificathereon, which form a tion, t

The objects of this invention are to provide in combination with a handled tool a number of other small tools orimplements which are likely to he wanted by the user or operator, to thus enable emergencies or temporary requirements for such secondary tools to be met without delaying the work, to obtain a simple and strong constructiomand to secure other ad vantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in conparts.

nection with th description of the working The invention consists in the improved combination-tool and in the arrangements and combinations of substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

. in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding figures, Figure 1 is a side view of my improved tool, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the oppodriver and gimlet open for use. .4 1 position in site side of the tool with a certain screw- Fig. 3 is a plan of the tool, showing in dotted lines the which the sawopens. Fig. 4 is a side view, partly in section, and Fig. 5 is an edge view showing more clearly the attachment of certain plates tothe handle. Fig. 6 isa detail view of one of said plates. Fig. 7 is a cross-section" on line as, Fig. 4. Fig. 8 shows one of the plates adapted to be screwed tothe hammer-handle to support the gimlet let open for use.

and screw-driver, the last-mentioned parts being shown in closed position; and Fig. 9 is a similar view with the screw-driver and gim- Fig. 10 is a detail view of parts of the same, all.

parts in each of the several longer than the others the saw-blade. Fig. 11 illustrates the measuring-rule employed in my tool. Fig. 12 is across-section of the same on line 'y, and Fig. 13 is an end view.

In said drawings, ct indicates a hammerhead of any ordinary form or style, and b a wooden handle appliedthereto in the usual manner. Said handle is provided at one of its sides with a shallow recess a, deep enough to receive below the surface of the handle a small saw-blade cl, said sawrblade being at its end farthest from the hammer-head bent pivotally around a staple e, driven into the handle. Normally the saw lies in its: said recess, its free tipor extremity being confined by a catch f; but in usethe said saw is swung outward at right angles to the hammer-handle, as indicated in outline in Fig. 3, and the operator grasps said hammer-handle, with his middle and fore fingers lying on opposite sides of the saw-blade and steadying the same against swinging laterally on its pivot. The opposite side of the ham met-handle is provided with a second shallow recess g, adapted to receive a measuringrule h, preferably formed of sheet metal. The said measuringrule at its end farthest from the hammer-head slips under the extremityt of a certain plate, hereinafter described, and at its other end next the hammer-head is adapted to be temporarily held by a catch j. The rule which I employ is preferably provided at its edge opposite that on which the scale is marked with loops it, through which a lead-pencil k can be slipped, the end loop it being somewhat and closed'at its end h so as to protect the pencil-point. The extremity of the hammer-handle farthest from the hammer-head is recessed at its opposite sides to receive opposite metal plates ZZ, each of which is screwed or riveted to the; hammer-handle and at its outer end projects some- What beyond said handle. At the cornerportions of the outer ends of said parallel plates pivotal pins m 12 extend from plate to plate, and upon said pins are pivoted, respectively, a gimlet u and screw-driver blade 1), each of which is adapted to be folded backward toward the hammer-head and lie between the plates Z Z in a recess 0, cut in the edge of the hammer-handle. Between the said gimlet and screw-driver blade and back from the outer end of the parallel plates is a pin 19, passed through the said plates 1 [,and around this pin is bent a leaf-spring q, the two arms or extremities of which extend outwardly toward the extremities of the plates and press apart against the bases of the gimlet and screw-driver. This V-shaped spring lies in a correspondingly-shaped recess 1', cut in the end of the hammer-handle, and serves not only to hold the screw-driver and gimlet in closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, but also to steady the same in open position, as in Figs. 2 and 9, after the manner of ordinary penknife-blades. The plates Z Z are notched, as at s, at their opposite edges to permit access of the fingers in opening the gimlet and screw-driver to extended position. When all the auxiliary tools thus described are folded, the hammer can be used with ordinary comfort and facility, and at the same time the operator or workman has at his disposal for emergency use a saw, rule, pencil, gimlet, and screw-driver, as will be understood, any one of which can be used without interfering with the others.

Obviously the parallel plates Z Z-and gimlet and screw-driver between can be sold separately, if desired, and applied by the purchaser to his own hammer-handle at pleasure. Furthermore, the auxiliary tools described are adapted to be inserted in the handles of tools other than hammers, such as hatchets, inallets, and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination with a handle recessed at one side and bifurcated at its end at right angles to said recessed side, of plates Z, l fixed in parallel relation to opposite sides of the said bifurcated end of the handle and projecting therefrom, one of said plates overlapping at its inner end the lateral recess of the handle, tool members pivoted between said plates at their outer corners, a stud between said plates and lying at the inner end of the bifurcation, and a V shaped spring bent around said stud and lying in the bifurcation to engage at its outer ends the said tool members.

2. In a tool, the combination with a handle recessed at its opposite edges adjacent to its end and having a V-shaped recess in its extremity, of parallel plates Z, l secured at one end in said recesses at the sides of the end portion of said handle, a gimlet and a screwdriver each pivoted at one end between said plates and adapted to project in alinement with the handle or be folded backward to lie in the edge recesses of the handle, and a V- shaped spring lying in the said V-shaped recess in the end of the handle and being adapted to press at its ends oppositely apart against the said gimlet and screw-driver.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of February, 1902. JULIUS KOEGEL. Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, RUssELL M. EVERETT. 

